blady grass
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The hapless fly is impaled with an inch or two of the flowering spike of blady grass to which a portion of the white inflorescence adheres, and is released.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
A few handfuls of blady grass supply a sheaf of missiles, and with such cheap ammunition the sportsman is justified in providing himself profusely when intent upon the destruction of shy birds.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
A lanky grasshopper with keeled back and pointed prow flew before me, settling on a leaf of blady grass, at once became fidgety and restless; flew to another blade and was similarly uneasy.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
The sound again—merely the mellow cadences of a swamp pheasant whooping among the blady grass.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
Beyond the entanglement of the beach scrub the way was open, though rough, with granite boulders half hidden among rampant blady grass.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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